Joseph E. Persico

Joseph E. Persico (1930 – 2014), was a military historian and biographer, who served in the U.S. Navy and worked as chief speechwriter for Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. His last book, Roosevelt's Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II (Random House) was published in 2013.

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The Day When We Almost Lost the Army, Spring 2012 | Vol. 62, No. 1

Debate over America's involvement in World War II came to a head in July 1941 as the Senate argued over a draft-extension bill. The decision would have profound consequences for the nation.

Nuremberg, Time, and Memory, July/August 1994 | Vol. 45, No. 4

Justice served nearly 50 years ago in a wrecked German city still casts its light and shadow over much of the world.

The Last Days of the Third Reich, April/May 1985 | Vol. 36, No. 3

40 years ago, a tangle of chaotic events led to the death of Hitler, the surrender of the Nazis, and the end of World War II in Europe.

An Interview With John Huston, April/May 1982 | Vol. 33, No. 3

The Dean of American Movie Men at Seventy-Five

The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918, June 1976 | Vol. 27, No. 4

It became apparent that this influenza was a first-rate killer.

Feudal Lords On Yankee Soil, October 1974 | Vol. 25, No. 6

The Great Gun Merchant, August 1974 | Vol. 25, No. 5

Vendetta In New Orleans, June 1973 | Vol. 24, No. 4

The city panicked with fear of the Mafia when the police chief was murdered

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